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Reeve Evans Reâ€"elected. By Acclamation, With Nine Running forCouncil South Porcupine, Nov. 23â€"(Special to The Advance)â€"Tisdals electorate| showed small interest in Nomination Day on Friday judzing by the f8w Who turned out to the town hall t,q dq;fieir duty as citizens. +o s ym t «se Police department was well and effiâ€" ciently handled and their extra duties in checking wartime measures regardâ€" ing aliens, fire arms, and licenses noted. Mr. Helmer, Mr. Cavanagh and Mr. Heino each spoke of work during the year and mentioned it as being a harâ€" monious year. Mr. Wm. Fairhurst, in a short speech, said that a glowing account of <the year‘s work had been presented. For his part he would say that his year‘s work with council had not been harâ€" monious. Some unpleasant work had been done. All knew the stand he had taken. "I did my duty," said Mr. Fairâ€" burst, "and my conscious isâ€"lear. 1 am speaking just as I feel. I am deâ€" finitely not in favour of a twoâ€"year Election Necessary for Four Seats of Township Council Board. Interest Not as Noteworthy as in Some Othe: Years. Usual Meeting Held to Discuss Municipal Mat Rceve V. H. Evans of his pride in being put in as reeve by acclamaâ€" tion last year. He gave an account of work done during his year of ‘office, and spoke of it in detail. The Public Works Dopt. had expended $145£33 guring the yearâ€"roads, snow removal, a new bridge, paving, surfacing of roads, Dome road work, streets, water works, sewers and mains, a modern erusher plant consistent with economy ; and gave credit to our excellent: town engineer Mr. C. S. The Firs Depariments were given great credit for their efficiency, and both chiefs mentioned as having filled important positions in Dominion and local associations. Bank loan savings were spoken of, and credit given +o finanse committee. New food and health inspestorâ€"and sanitary inspector had been. appointed during the year. e 4 every citizen. Splendid work of loyal employees was cited. e ME Mr. Dan Keeley was made shairman of the meeting and Reeve_ andâ€"Cofnâ€" cillors gave an account =of ~their stewardship after nominatians had closed. s in He also spoke of the vote t1 be taUn as to a twoâ€"year term for council.. term. If the rizsht men are chosen, it is an #asy matter to put them back. If they are not the rizht men they kan a "deuce of a lot of harm in two The following nominations were handed in. For Reeveâ€"Messrs V. H. Evans; M, Urguhart; B. H. Harper. E. S. Somervile; ‘B. H. Harper; M. * a#* 91 4 wae Urquhart; M. P. McGuire G. A: Hen derson; J. Costello. Mr. D. Keeley after the speeches, told the gathering that Schumacher. felt off that they should have two representaâ€", tives on the council, and urged that in these warâ€"time days it is imperative mer; E. Heino; M.; Cavand@gh; Herb.%. The ~peaple of _ _Finiand McKay; Thos. Johnson; A. McKenzie; | : speaker; m : Wiil anyone= who attacks them, said the T > ‘She mention:d a moment during the Russoâ€"Finnish war when an old Finnish man saw a Canadian amâ€" bulance arrive on the field,. He took his hat and said, "They have reâ€" membsered usâ€"thank God for Canada". Some of the pictures which were shown were taken by Madame de Gripâ€" that men chosen for public office enbetg in a flight over Finland.. They should be loyal citizens and those whg. S would furthér Britain‘s victorg. = .';:.1 comemirty n > d ‘\On Saturday by 9 pm. the following had qualified according to law. Reeveâ€"V. H. Evans (acclamation). Councilâ€"Melvin Cavanagh «(Schtâ€" macher): Geo. F. Helmer; Wm;. Fairâ€" hurst; Herbert McKay (Schumacher); | Fmil Heino: Thomas Johnson (Schuâ€" macher): Earl Somerville; Bertram H. Harper: Goorge A. Henderson .â€"... Danta RDuanec io ro.mant s .T?sh. On behalf of the fkie Cengaiin ambulances and materials In use there. : The folâ€" 10Wing aré figures of the amounts sent to Finland by other countries Of the British Empireâ€" Australia, £10,000 ; New â€"Zealand, £5000; Ssouth Africa, £5000 and £10,000. In ‘closing Madame de Gripenberg thanked ‘the people of ‘Canada in three languages, English, Finnish and Swedâ€" Finnish Red Gross she said "Thank You For All Pope Pius XII today from the Vatiâ€" can pleaded for peacte in our day. called on the world to end this "whird â€" wind of wars". Accordingly Reeve Evans is reâ€"electâ€" ed by acclamation, with an election necessary to select four counciHors from the nine candidates qualifying. * . # #,. C 2 * 2 2® + + w h 4. . e n n i n in Snss 2s un i §l§\.fl3 c*o‘?o.tuofizx.vl? %tfirfl‘u}: se a ‘ PAGE TwWoOo POPE CALLS FOR PEACE new building reflected credit on he Vatiâ€" | ‘The RAF. caused heavy damage to day. ~Heâ€" Itdianâ€"and German.industrial areas in s "whirlâ€"â€" one 6of the Heaviest bombardments 1 the war over the weekâ€"end. {:Finl‘andWill *Remember( anada‘s "; Kindness . Madame de. Gripenberg spent SX ‘wseks in Finland at. the end of the war, helping to evacuate refugees from 'the Karelian Isthmus. "When I left", she > said, *"people . were beginning to build. up their homes again to build ra free and independent Finland". i * Visiting Vancouver; Mrs. Gripenbere met Lithuanian, Latvian, and Esthonâ€" refugees on the train. They had escaped from the Russian rule, and were coming to Canada to build their lives over againâ€"but they had no monâ€" ley to buy food or clothing. As the Finnish Red Cross had entrusted her with some of it money, Madame de Gripenberg used it in a worthy purâ€" ‘ pose, by supplying these travellers with %food during ‘the journey. Thus the . Finnish Red Cross was in part paying ‘Canada for her help, these people will be come Canadian citizens, citizens who say "I wish we had. fought when !+F4nland did". .. "ITf Great Britain wins this war then all. tountries of Europe will have a right to be countries, and to be free". remarked the speaker. If, on the other hand, Germany or Russia won the war, the small countries would be stamâ€" ped out, and would not have the right to live. In Englarnd there was a pictâ€" ure not of sadness and of gloom, but of wonderful>â€" confidence and courage. ,.fflrfiflvfi’fl wonderful Canadians the Finnish peopâ€" le make," added the speaker. .. Writing..to Madame:.de Gripenberg aboutâ€"aâ€"year ago the King of Greece oongratu}ated the Finnish people on the stangd they. had Taken saying that they were a small. nation standing up to a big bully. If Greece is ever attacked, he cofitinued we shall ‘take the examâ€" me from the Finnish people, and folâ€" low their lead. They have given us an ~ncouraging lesson..: . Toâ€"day, Greece nas qone just that, and is proving that it is not the size of the nation that matters, but the spmt of the people in that nation. RA.F HITS HARD AT.GERMA ' ANXD ITALIAN INDU \IRII\ poéeid OBBMULIV | 1B 24 Sn ces o u. Dt â€" ies «esnt % NEX 7 M of _Finland will fight * _#. ty *# +_in6 d# "0 d# *# #* _ #4 # #, d# * Lo > ?| _ All the artists contributed extra solos >| and musical selections for the second :f:} part of the programme; Mrs. Armitage 7 | singing "Old Fashioned Town" and : | Little Old Garden"; Mrs. Barry and 7 | Mrs. McClinton, . vocal duet, ‘"When z They Bloom For You‘; Rev. F. J. Baine : | "Berceuse," very beautiful composiâ€" | tion with a touching appeal, and whiczh ) .” ‘is a great favourite of the artist, Who ’:. i | seemed to live with its melody. Again Donors to Christmas Seal Fund The following are the first twentyâ€" ‘ "ive to send in donations to the ; mas Seal Fund to help in mm ‘gainst tubsrculosis in theâ€"Poreupine :â€" A. Allen, Samuel Ansm,‘.“mnbn’q‘ tarrette, Aléx Borlandd *'fiflm‘ "mils Brunette, H.<M. Crosby. W. T. "urtis, John I. Dalton, Domaine Domâ€" enico, Dr. W. Harris, Reyv., A. S. Helrtu | onen, Ann Honkala, W. S. Jamieson, 0* R. Kennie, cames Kerr,â€"A. W. Leach, J. G. Malkin, McBrien Bailey, J. J. M:Carthy, Henri Morin; A..Neame, Northern Telt’phone W.R. Paver, G. N. Ross, Star Ttransfer. ' The following other oontributlom have been reseived:â€" Nov Jist, 1940. ... % cAnton Anderson, Thd!nas Anderson, Lyman Ashton, C .S Atkins Mike Ayoub. Miss Irene Bender. Hem‘y Bergeron, Pen Bookman, J. D. Brady, Gordon Brown, Fred Burt. Fred Davidson, Harvey Downing, Geo. S. Drew, Mr. and Mrs. . W. . Faymar Gold Mines, Norman Fisher Mrs. A. Gillies, Wim. Greenldge Gregulski. H. W. Heine, Melville Hobson. k.R Hubort, Mrs. Henry Hudson. Tdeal Marcware. Miss E. Joyner. Dr. Kanovsky, Miss Kyllonen. F. W. Lawry, L. P. Lawry. T W. Marshall, J. Martin, P. Masters Metropolitan Stores Dr. C. R. McLean, W. McBain, W McKie. R. J. Naylor. Park, F. Ponlin. Jos. Quaranto. Recreation Hotel, J. P. Roy. Miss Marion Saunders, Sloma T. W. Todd,. Nov. 22n8, 1940 :â€" Mrs. Hector Caron can Cuthill. M. Daigneault, Russel Dpevlin, Mrs. N. Dodge, J. M. Douglas. ' A: Fabello, Mrs. Farrer. Demenic Gallino, F. D. Greenwood. Mrs. L. Halperin, H. Hawkins, Anâ€" Grew Heino, A. K. Hill, W. T. Hogarth. Dr. M. J. Kelly. AYC Hâ€" E. Stratford, Fred Therrion. ; Percy Youlton. ky :+ Nov. 23ra, 1940 :â€"â€" Thomas Chariton District Services Miss FP. C. Evans Friedman Dept. Store Miss Elsie Jones. e Dr. Graham B. Lane, E. Livina Rev,. Fr. Martindale, J. H. McMaster Charles Sarjonen, Geo. E. Saytch Geo. Stephenson. R. M. Wynne. nttnR SiICBbPBM Members of Legion and Auxiliary Enjoy Delightful Evening (Contnued from Page other highlight. In ‘the second: part of the programme the clever dancers rendered the "Sailor‘s Hornpipe.‘ This was much enjoyed, especially the clever and talented toe dance by Helen Rhea Channon. Those who took part in this exceptionally well trained and execut*d dance number included: Ruth Willson, Patricia Cornell, Barbara Bowie,, Shirâ€" ley Thompson and Mazell Menear. At the conclusion of the concert "Marâ€" caret" was personally thanked by the chairman and the larze gathering. \rs. Gamble, concert pianist gave four selections during the evening. "Troos‘ ‘"Humoresque," "Deep River," and "Danny Boy.!‘ Each selection was viven with much skil and talent. â€" The ‘ontributions to Help Fighting Tubercu‘}oqm the Porcupine. artist also acted as the accompanist for the evening, her work being a high point in the success of the event. M N .. 6t m on the The humourous sde was wt‘lorzm-! ton and Mrs. Thompson, had everyon? | in roars of laughter with her character | inpersonations of the "Charge of the | Light Brigade"" This incuded, an Eng-{ lishman, an Italian, a Jew and an American. As an encore a short iunaâ€" | sinative sketch brought forth roars of lauzhter and also applause. ‘ Muring the intermission, Comrade (Dr} McClinton said ‘"There‘s a catch’ in everything" and Comrade W. A.! Devinc. then outlined the Legion"s proâ€" . cramme of sending cizarettes to mei troops in England. *A collection umen] 14 M tm Un ame! N «.. on e se Sluaes it i+ ul up for this p(xrpose netted $20.00 which was also another highlight of the evenâ€" icIntyre Porcupine Minés, d, A. H. Munroé. R Neil Ltd., Mrs. _C. J, Ni Porcupine Badminton Clu Porter T; Thomas Quint. . A. Robitaille. "’:..y..:_.t'.'.' dstrosser. R. Paynter. â€"H. R oom For You‘; RevFJ Bain ;e,"averyheamflnleompon-] ion Saund.nrs sloma Cleaâ€" solomon, John Soronen. side was not forgotâ€" npson, had everyon® C. J; Nicholls. iton Club, Mrs the concert "Marâ€"; lly thanked by the larze gathering. | ncert pianist gave ring the evemng- [M.. "Deep River," Each selertion Was | i11 and talent. The | T. Crocco, Dunâ€" C. J Menâ€" THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMINS, ONTARIO tate accompaniment m masterly manâ€" P e l "‘The three lady. vocalists combined togethor in two very sweetly sung melodies and the quartctte also renderâ€" ea another selection before the close." Mr. Garfield Bendesr led all in com-i munity singing, "Silent Night," "Rule , Briiannia," and "There‘ll Always e ! an England," closing with the National Anthem. President Walter Greaves expressed the thouzhts of all when he thanked Comrade (Dr.) MceClinton and the conâ€" tributingz artists for their most enjoyâ€" able entertainment: Coifee and doughnuts kindly donated by the chairman and served by the kitchen committee of the Ladies‘ Auxâ€" iliary under chairmanship of Mrs. Jenâ€" nings and the social committee with Mrs. R. Hardy in charge, made a fittâ€" inz close to the first"musicale" of the Legion. All present express>d desire for th2 return of the artists and . they have promised to plan another event for the near {future. that memâ€" bors from the South Porcupine branch were present, the artists volunteered to give the same programimns there afttr plans for the evening have been comâ€" pleted. Whitney Township Reeve and Council By Acclamation Reeve Wm. Bannerman, and Councillors Goudie, Dilâ€" lon, Bromley and Montâ€" rose to Serve Again. South Poreupine, Nov. 28â€"(Special t The Advance)â€"Whitney, after having three elections last year decided on Friday at Nomination Day that their present Reeve and Council should go back by aczclamation. The Council stands: Reeve Mr. Wm. Bannerman. Councillors: H. Goudie, W. Bromileyv. C. Dillon and H. Montrose. Each year the annual concert of the Central public school appears to . be more interesting than the year before. This year it is hoped to make this idea more evident than ever in the past, the pupils expecting the annual event for December, 1940, to be the best yet. The dates for the annual concert of the Central public school this year are Wednesday, Thursday,; and Friday of next week, Dec. 4th, 5th and 6th.. The programme prepared for the occaszion is a most attractive and interesting one. When" Mrs. Ann â€"Haltrecht arrived in «Newâ€" York from Liverpool, she told _ how a bomb +oreâ€"through the roy oi/their home, ripp2d throuzh the crib in which her ba>y Wws sipeping,.and exploded underneath: She caught the baby in midâ€" air and ran downstairs. blocked the door. She tossed the baby to aâ€"man in the. street afid climbed ~out ‘"through a window. Annual Concert at Central School on Dec. 4th, 5th, 6th Caught Babe in Arms United Church Choir Elects Officers for the Ensuing Term Mr. Wilson Thomson was elected president of the United Church Choir, at a mseting of the menrsers after the regular choir practise on Friday eveâ€" ning. Other officers elected were as follows: _..'V‘lce-president~Miss Mabel Richard son. Choir to Present Christmas Cantata, ‘"The Hope of the World." â€" Miss Edith Richardson. ~‘Sick Visitorâ€"Mrs. Coombes.. ~Kiichen Convenerâ€"Mrs. W. Mackie. social Convenerâ€"Mr. J. Waterman. Joint Librariansâ€"Misses Gracse Ramâ€" say and Pszgy Williams., Gownsâ€"Mrs. K. Press Correspondentâ€"Mrs. T. Gay. The members of the choir are now holding regular practice for the Chri 3t mas Cantata, "The Hope of the World," by P. A. Scheaker, to be presented on Sunday evening, December 22nd. Solo numbers in the cantata will be taken by Mrs. L. Worthington, Mrs. P. H. Carson, Mrs. T. Gay and Mr. R. Wales. Carson, Mrs. T. Gay and Mr. R. Wales. The regular monthly social evening of the choir will take place on Priday, TJcscember 20th. Reâ€"Elect William ROBERT S WILLIAM RO Len Cousins © The man who worked hard to get Mail ® Two years previous experience in Town FOR COUNCILLOR Council. Thks man who got the Skating Rinks for children‘s recreation. Delivery. Honest, Straightforward Administration Monday, Dec. 2â€"Mark Your Ballot Thus : Terry Eie M. For COUNCILLOR 1941 Soldiers Appreciate Comforts Sent From South Porcupine South Porcupine, Nov. to The Advance)â€"Mrs, H. Libby who is secretary of the Comfort Fund for overseas soldiers, which is concerned in sending cigarettes and parcels to those who are on active service, has reseived. word from the followinz boys from South Poreupine, thanking the ladies for the first "30G0 dgarettas sent to them two mouths ago:â€" Letters Received from Men Overseas. . L. B. Smith (@nown more familiarly as "Goat") says: . ‘"Thanks for the cigarettes; they sure are a welcome gift. We are havinz an exciting time; the morale of the English is wonderâ€" ful they just wont be beaten." Spike: McCawâ€"who says:> "Thanks for the lovely parcel and cigar@ttes. the boys are all fine. We are having a good time and are getting on well." Nick Zaitzâ€"who sent a â€"card of acknowledgement and thanks. Also B. H. Casseiman and Chas, Kellow. It will be a satisfaction to the ladies who are giving their timeto packing these parcels, to know how much the boys appreciate not only the gifts but the kind motive prompting them. . ELECT A MAN T A MAN With Experience in Municipal Affairs Who Stahds for Sound Administration Who has Served his Country Before in who will Serve You Loyally. a Miner Himsel{, Knows the Problems The work of the Citizens‘ Rehabilita«â€" tion Committés wase described at the Lions Cltth meeting held in the Empire Hotel on hursday night, by the comâ€" mittes chairman, Mr. W. O. Langâ€" adon. y Rehabilitation Work of Citizens‘ Committee Described Mr. Langdon‘ deéscribed the visit to Timmins of army officers, who were moving spirits in getting the tcommitâ€" tee under way. All of the organization work was, however, done by citizens of Timmins. There werse many phasos of the work dessribed by Mr. Langdon. One phase was the legal advisory branch which was able to help soldiers wives and dependents in the matter of allowances etc.© Many of the legal problems which were "Greek" to such people could be sifted and simplified by the committee‘s advisors. Miss Irma Wright, speed typist, gave an exhibition at the meeting. _ Miss Wright, who has been giving demonâ€" strations in Timmins schools, typed 140 words a minute in the demonstra«â€" tion. Typing 129 words a minute she was able to carry on a conversation. Guests at the meeting were Mr, Langâ€" don, Miss Wright, Mr. Harold Shook and Mike Wernick, of the North Bay Lions Club. In the chair was President Alex Allen. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH, 1940 29 Years in Timmins Times ‘of War; A Man of the Working Man.